The Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 34) Order 1989

1.  This Order may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Designated Owners) (No. 34) Order 1989, and shall come into force on 19th January 1990.

2.  In this Order—

“the Act” means the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975;

“49/24J” , “49/24K” and “49/23AT” mean the offshore installations known respectively as the Indefatigable 49/24J platform, the Indefatigable 49/24K platform and the Indefatigable 49/23AT platform, all of which are situated above the Indefatigable gasfield, north-east of the coast of Norfolk;

“the pipe-lines” means the 20 inch nominal diameter pipe, brought into use during 1971, which lies between 49/24J and 49/23AT, and the 24 inch nominal diameter pipe brought into use during 1972, which lies between 49/24K and 49/23AT together with the apparatus and works associated therewith;

“the platform apparatus” means all of the apparatus and works of a kind specified in paragraph (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 33(1) of the Act(1) which are part of the pipe-lines and attached to 49/23AT; and

“the riser” means that section of each of the pipe-lines which connects 49/23AT to that section of the pipe-line which lies in, or in close proximity, to the sea-bed and extends outwards from 49/23AT.

3.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, except section 33(2), in the case of each of the pipe-lines, the platform apparatus and the riser shall together be treated as a pipe-line and the remainder of each of the pipe-lines shall be treated as a separate pipe-line.

4.  For the purposes of Part III of the Act, the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as the owners of the platform apparatus and the riser comprised in each of the pipe-lines, and the persons specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto are hereby designated as the owners of the remainder of each of the pipe-lines.

Peter Morrison

Minister of State,

Department of Energy

22nd December 1989